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a fleeting moment sweeping over the shore

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for how loudly i can feel

the tearing heat of your presence

in the unspoken mine shrinks away

 

leaving a thundering chasm

 

an infinite echo that sinks

below me.

i stand, curiously perched

            (a single breath could end me, but i too

            am sometimes exhilarated-weightless)

balancing gently, evenly,

precariously and surely --

above this hideous fear